Concrete tie.



.J. GREEN.

UONGRETE TIE. APPLICATION FILED 11mm, 1008.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR WILLIAM J. GREEN,

1 PATENTOFFICE.

CONCRETE TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. June 2, aces. serial n. 436,319.

provision of improved mean-s wherebythe rails may be adpistably secured to the concretebody portion. One embodiment of the Y crete body invention is illustratedz in drawings, wherein j Figure 1 is plan vieiv of the tie, Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof,

Figure 3 is an'enlarged partial plan-vie i with the bearing block or cushion removed, and

Briefly stated the tie comprises in its preerred fO'lf'IIhfiL concrete body portion reinforced in any desired manner, rail bearing of cilshioning blocks in position on the tie to receive the railsfand composed of a substance of a more yielding or resilient nature than the concrete, and means for adjustably securing the rails to the cushions.

Referring to the drawing, 1 is the conportion preferably of the cross 4:,Wl1l0h body sections indicated in Figure itudinally exportion is re-iuforced by lon tending twisted or corrugate rods 2 and 3';

- is shown in detail Figures 4: 4 are the rails; 55 are bearin blocks or cushions preferably of wood, w 'chare set into recesses in the opposite ends of the body porti n 1 6-6 are metal holding plates set into the concrete beneath the blocks 5-5 to which plates the blocks'are secured; and 7 .7 are the anchoring plates which are embedded in the body of the tie beneath the holding plates, and to which .the ,holding plates are secured,

The means for securing the parts together 3 and4'. The anchoring plate 7 is embedded in the concrete,

and th1s anchoring plate is secured to the holding plate 6 by means of the bolts 8, such bolts having their heads received in recesses 9 inthe bottom of the block 5, and having their nuts 10 embedded in the concrete beneath the anchoring plate. The rail 4 and the accompanying I Figure 4 is a section on the line IV, ---IV of Figure 2.

the block are secured to the holding plate 6 ,by means of the bolts 11, which bolts are provided with nuts at their upper endsengag- .ing holding cli s 12 extendin over the flanges of the rai The heads 0 these bolts 11 come beneath the holding plate 6, theco'ncrete being recessed beneath the plate to provide room for the; wooden blocks 13-13, which are rcessed to receive the heads of the bolts. The plate 6 is slotted at 14-14 to receive the shanks of'the bolts 11, and to proride for slight adjustment of these bolts lat erally when desired. The advantages of the constructionwill be. .apparent to those skilled in the art. Concrete ties as heretofore constructed, have been found too rigid and unyielding,.and the provision of the wood blocks 5 provides for the necessary. yielding or resilience. it

rails upon the cushioning blocks may be easily altered bychanging the location of the holes tlpsough which the bolts 11 pass, the slots 14 in the holding plates 6 ting of the lateral adjustment of the oltsto suit 'the posit-ion of the bolt-holes in the blocks 5. The ties ma be cast alilge for all differentweights and s apes of rail sections, arid the rail connectioris'may be altered or renewed without removing'the' tie from the road bed,-all that is necessary being the removal of the wood blocks. A considerable bolts 11 by reason of tlgge' shoulders onthe ties between which the wood blocks-5 rest. It will also be seen that the arrangement of block provides a very and effective means forsecui ing the nail to the tie. The term concrete is used inthe zipecificationand to apply to all f rlns ofcast composition -tie.-;. -.'-lher e is a great variety of those com positions andtl'ie term concrete is the one most not limited to the use of wood bearing blocks, but that other substances may be sub- Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what Leieigi as new and will also be seen that the position of the nerally applied to altofthem. It:- will aso be understood that the invention isstituted therefor, the onl' requirement bein Patented Dec. 6,1910.

ermitportion of the strain is removed from the 1 the anchoring plates; holding plates, and p clailns'in its gene ic sense, and is intendedfor securely anchoring the the body portion.

desire to secure by Letters Patent is the following 1. In combination in a tie,-a concrete body portion, a metal holding plate provided with slots and seated in the body portion, a rail supporting block mounted over the plate, rail securing bolts passing through the block and through the slots in the plate, and means olding plate to 2. In combination in a tie, a concrete body portion provided with recesses on the upper portion, a slotted metal holding plate mountedwith its slots over the said recesses, a rail supporting block mounted on the plate, rail securing bolts extending through the block and slots with their ends lying in a the said recesses, and means for securely anchoring the' holding plate to the body portion.

r 3. In combination in a tie, a I concrete body portion provided with recesses on the upper portion, a slotted metal holding plate for engaging the heads and preventin them from turning, and means for secureIy anchoring the holding plate to the body portion. 4. In combination in a tie, a concrete body portion, an anchoring plate embedded in the body portion, a holding late thereabove, a rail supporting block a ove the holding plate, securing bolts connecting the two plates,va rail, and rail securing bolts extending through the holding. late and block.

In testimony whereo 'I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of the two WM. 'J.- GREEN.

subscribed witnesses.

Witnesses: H. T. JSANDERS, E. MYERS. 

